Early feedback on Christmas spending suggested 2016 was solid but not spectacular for retailers as a group, according to Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird.

The receivers of Pumpkin Patch will have all stores closed by mid-February after they couldn't entice a buyer.

Small businesses are upbeat about the year ahead, with confidence at its highest level in almost two years.

ANZ has agreed to extend the deadline for Nosh's owner to either sell or begin winding up its supermarket business until the end of the month.

Customers, it turns out, prefer well-run stores to chatty shop assistants.

A new entrepreneur's quirky idea went viral. But then she had to start fighting to protect it.

Underwear maker Bendon plans to merge with US sleepwear company Naked. The deal would result in the combined company being a NASDAQ-listed

New Zealanders spent more on their cards in retail stores last month than any previous December.

The massive hiring spree suggests the e-commerce company expects a run of breakneck growth.

The Warehouse is set to trim down its organisational structure in a bid to cut costs.

The Trump-Ma meeting comes amid tensions between Alibaba'shome country and the incoming US administration.

Hundreds of tourists are milling around downtown Greymouth at weekends and evenings.

Three quarters of Kiwis say they would pay more for organic, sustainable and ethically produced products. The latest Colmar Brunton

Trade officials have signalled that Donald Trump will take aggressive steps to boost exports.

Alibaba Group Holding sued two vendors it said used the company's Taobao website to sell counterfeit Swarovski watches, just weeks

New Zealand's retail association is calling on the government to make closing tax loopholes for retail a priority.

The latest data from Paymark showed a 6.6 per cent increase in spending for the month of December on the last year.

Shoppers are hoping big international retailers will continue to flock to New Zealand in 2017.

While immigrants are often accused of stealing jobs, they are increasingly undercut in America's clothing industry.

Amazon is exploring the use of giant airships to serve as mobile, flying warehouses that could help the online retail giant deliver more of its goods by drone.

People are insisting that the hottest toy of the season spews curses at them when it is hatching and supposedly sleeping.

Amazon has sparked outrage by continuing to sell "racist" and religiously offensive fancy dress costumes despite criticism from customers.

New tenants are being sought for Stewart Dawson corner after the jeweller vacated following the November earthquakes.

Best of the Business Year: Once valued at a whopping $830 million, retail giant Pumpkin Patch is now officially worthless.

Rebel Sport is warning people not to use a kayak for children after it was found the vessel could take water and sink.

Pumpkin Patch owes $59.5 million to its bank and at least $6.6m to other creditors, receivers KordaMentha said.

Kiwis were more focused on buying gifts for Christmas than getting Boxing Day bargains, new figures from Paymark show.

Diamonds, not marriage, are forever for China's millennials.

Stores are already heaving with Boxing Day shoppers, but some retailers jumped the gun this year with online discounts.

Iraqi-born Layla Kaisi has created her own jewellery line, the young designer opens up about increasing responsibility.